Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, 48 FW, USAF

F-35A climbing out of RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.

 

Model: F-35A Lightning II

Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin

Crew: 1

Length: 51 ft. 5 in. (15.7 m)

Height: 14 ft. 5 in. (4.4 m)

Wingspan: 35 ft. (11 m)

Wing area: 460 sq. ft. (43 m2)

Empty weight: 29,300 lb. (13,290 kg)

Gross weight: 49,540 lb. (22,471 kg)

MTOW: 65,918 lb. (29,900 kg)

Internal fuel capacity: 18,250 lb. (8,278 kg)

Engine: 1 x Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 afterburning turbofan

Thrust, dry: 28,000 lb. (125 kN)

Thrust with afterburner: 43,000 lb. (191 kN)

Max speed at altitude: 1,066 knots (1,227 mph - 1,975 km/h - Mach 1.6)

Range: 1,500 nm (1,700 miles - 2,800 km)

Combat range on internal fuel: 669 nm (770 mile - 1,239 km)

Service ceiling: 50,000 ft. (15,240 m)

g limits: +9

 

Armament

 

Guns:

1 x 25 mm GAU-22/A, 4 barrel rotary cannon, 180 rounds

 

Hardpoints:

4 x internal stations, 6 x external stations on wings

 

Missiles:

 

Air-to-air missiles:

AIM-9X Sidewinder

AIM-120 AMRAAM

AIM-132 ASRAAM

 

Air-to-surface missiles:

AGM-88G AARGM-ER

AGM-158 JASSM

AGM-179 JAGM

 

Anti-ship missiles:

AGM-158C LRASM

Joint Strike Missile

 

Bombs:

Joint Direct Attack Munition

Paveway

 

Precision-guided glide bomb:

AGM-154 JSOW

GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb

GBU-53/B StormBreaker

B61 mod 12 nuclear bomb

 

Done